Accidents · NTSB records through September 30, 2026

Aviation accidents and incidents in 1988

2,685 cases in 1988, newest first. Every case.

94,304 NTSB cases since 1962, each on its own page in plain English with the NTSB's probable cause and narrative, linked to the aircraft's registry record and its model. So far in 2026: 1,198 cases, 215 of them fatal, 478 people killed. No one is named on these pages.

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Cases newest first · 2,685

Date	Case	Aircraft	Where	Outcome	Report
1988-06-04	DEN88FA121	Piper PA-28-180 N9728J	Rock Springs Wyoming	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-04	DEN88LA124	Cessna A-185F N94237	Phillipsburg Montana	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-04	FTW88DRD08	Cessna T-210N N6449Y	Ruston Louisiana	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-04	LAX88LA210	American AA-1 N6181L	Hemet California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-04	LAX88LA211	Cessna 180 N9124C	Lakeport California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-04	LAX88LA212	Fairchild Hiller FH-1100 N53EP	Lihue Hawaii	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-06-04	MKC88LA105	Beech 35C N5878C	Manhattan Kansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-04	MKC88LA106	Cessna 172 N75540	Lakeview Arkansas	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-04	SEA88LA105	Cessna 175 N90134	Olympia Washington	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-03	CHI88IA129 incident	Amateur-built SD3-60 N383MQ	Madison Wisconsin	no injuries	Final
1988-06-03	DEN88FA120	Luscombe 8E N71646	Grantsville Utah	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-03	LAX88LA209	Schweizer SGS 2-33A N7768S	Vacaville California	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-03	MIA88FA187	Cessna 172N N5245E	Jacksonville Florida	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-03	MKC88DCQ03	Aeronca 11AC N85985	Ada Kansas	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-03	SEA88LA103	Piper PA-22-150 N3741P	Hawthorne Nevada	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-02	ANC88FA065	Cessna 172N N3327E	Hatcher Pass Alaska	3 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-02	ANC88LA064	Cessna 206 N4571K	Chugiak Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-02	ANC88LA066	Amateur-built DHC-3 N3125N	Eagle Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-02	ANC88LA091	Grumman AA-1B N9895L	Nikolai Creek Alaska	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-02	CHI88LA133	Alon A2 N6589Q	Flushing Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-02	DEN88FA119	Amateur-built AA-5A N1393R	Maljamar New Mexico	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-02	DEN88LA118	Cessna 180 N2123Z	Gettysburg South Dakota	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-02	NYC88LA153	Piper PA-60 N90DR	Latrobe Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-06-01	DCA88IA060 incident	Boeing 747-200 SXOAB	Jamaica New York	no injuries minor damage	Final
1988-06-01	DEN88LA116	Cessna TR-182RG N999HP	Englewood Colorado	serious injuries	Preliminary
1988-06-01	DEN88LA117	Cessna T210N N6638N	Ft. Collins Colorado	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-01	FTW88LA113	Cessna 152 N25352	Hinton Oklahoma	serious injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-01	LAX88LA207	Beech M35 N9896R	Scottsdale Arizona	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-01	MIA88FA184	Piper J3C N98178	N Fort Myers Florida	2 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-06-01	MIA88LA183	Hiller UH-12E N4029R	Gretna Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-01	MIA88LA185	Amateur-built PITTS S-1C N36GB	Miami Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-01	MIA88LA186	Continental Copters MK6B N9080T	Callahan Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-06-01	NYC88LA152	Beech H18 N20PA	Utica New York	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-31	CHI88DEM05	Bell 47G-2A N440TG	Midland Michigan	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-31	CHI88FA120	Bellanca 17-30A N28156	Wautoma Wisconsin	1 killed destroyed	Final
1988-05-31	CHI88LA124	Beech B-19A N4306S	Lacon Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-05-31	FTW88DRG10	Piper PA-28RT-201 N8209H	Lampasas Texas	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-05-31	MIA88LA182	Cessna 152 N25516	Marco Island Florida	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-31	MKC88LA104	Grumman G-164A N9653	Hickory Ridge Arkansas	no injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-05-30	CHI88LA122	Cessna 152 N68312	Romeoville Illinois	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-30	LAX88FA196	Beech H-35 N904Q	Phoenix Arizona	1 killed destroyed	Preliminary
1988-05-30	LAX88FA204	Taylorcraft BL65 N27463	Eloy Arizona	2 killed destroyed	Final
1988-05-30	LAX88LA203	Bell 206B N83203	Honolulu Hawaii	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-05-30	LAX88LA206	Cessna T210M N6178N	Long Beach California	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-30	MIA88IA181 incident	Cessna P210N N6330W	Daytona Beach Florida	no injuries minor damage	Preliminary
1988-05-30	MKC88LA102	Pitts S-2 N246PC	Siloam Springs Arkansas	no injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-30	NYC88DGT02	Bell 47G3B1 N48181	Cove Gap Pennsylvania	minor injuries substantial damage	Preliminary
1988-05-30	NYC88LA148	Grumman AA-1B N9981L	Dover Pennsylvania	no injuries substantial damage	Final
1988-05-30	SEA88LA101	Cessna 172M N20580	Lester State Washington	minor injuries destroyed	Preliminary
1988-05-29	BFO88LA052	Cessna 177 N35253	Milford Delaware	serious injuries destroyed	Preliminary

About these pages

The records come from the NTSB's public aviation accident database, refreshed here every week. Each case has a permanent page at eflight.com/accidents/<case number>; the plain-English summary is built from the NTSB's coded fields, and the probable cause and narrative are the NTSB's own words. "Preliminary" means the investigation is still open; the final report usually follows within one to two years, and the page updates when it does. Pilots, passengers and other people involved are not named, the site's policy at this time. Where the aircraft is still on the U.S. register, the page links to its registry record; where the model has a page here, it links to that too.